graver dans le marbre
\ɡʁa.ve dɑ̃ lə maʁbʁ\
The verdict
“graver dans le marbre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établir de façon durable, en parlant d’un texte, d’un avis, d’une doctrine, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graver-dans-le-marbre · graver dans le marbre · French
graver dans le marbre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graver dans le marbre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.ve dɑ̃ lə maʁbʁ\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
graver dans le marbre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁa.ve dɑ̃ lə maʁbʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Établir de façon durable, en parlant d’un texte, d’un avis, d’une doctrine, etc.".
graver dans le marbre has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is graver dans le marbre, spelled G-R-A-V-E-R- -D-A-N-S- -L-E- -M-A-R-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Établir de façon durable, en parlant d’un texte, d’un avis, d’une doctrine, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graver dans le marbre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le plan climat de Nicolas Hulot, présenté il y a tout juste un an, avait gravé dans le marbre cet engagement.
Dans ce dernier cas, de nombreux chercheurs ont rappelé que certains systèmes informatiques gravaient dans le marbre ou amplifiaient les biais de leurs concepteurs (sexisme, xénophobie, exclusion des plus pauvres).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.